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David Roberts's avatar

The Conversation Stopper. Able to summon the perfect comment to kill any lively conversation. Obscure wordplay and bizarre hypothetical scenarios are among my weapons.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Yes! πŸ˜‚ I can SO SEE the costume for that!!! Man, I just guffawed so loudly--I think our new neighbors heard me! πŸ˜‚

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I merely serve as the acquaintance and scribe to many superheroes who tell me their stories, and then I tell them to the world.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

You do the Universe's work, my friend, and for that, we owe you much respect and honor!!! πŸ˜‚πŸ‘πŸ™

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Thank you- you are very kind.

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Ororo Munroe's avatar

The Wallflower. Very unassuming, very nothing-to-see-here-move-along, very hide-behind-someone-else, just listening and absorbing all your secrets. Until I physically unleashed your secrets back onto you. #It'salwaysthequietones

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Lol, your superpower is "Secret jiu-jitsu!!!" πŸ˜‚ Love it!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

You ARE that super hero. πŸ₯°πŸ‘

I’m a retired Super Mom. Still recovering.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

YES! We LOVE (and in my case miss) the Super Moms. Able to make all the best sandwiches with the crusts cut *just so*! Hoping your sister is OK in LA? Sending all πŸ’ͺ & ❀️!!!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

They just evacuated. Sigh.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Oh, I hope they're safe. I know she's already been through so much. πŸ’”

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Chris Stanton's avatar

I'd like to introduce you to my alter-ego, Irony Man. Like Iron Man, I possess no supernatural abilities. Unlike Iron Man, I'm neither a billionaire, a technological genius, nor a good fighter. But I will stop a villain in his tracks with a sarcastic comment.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Hahaha... can you imagine all of us at a party??? David sauntering around imploding conversations, Gail vaporizing right as the old geezers come running, you stopping a Broligarch in his tracks with a Succesion-esque zinger--while I correct his sputtering split infinitives??? Meanwhile, Perlmutter scripts the play-by-play as Kimberly films the action, and Career Mom codes a new video game where we're all RPG characters... that's WAY more fun than four more years of the Cheeto :)

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Chris Stanton's avatar

Justice League of Weirdos: assemble! We’ll be unstoppable. Unflappable. Unimpressed and unreasonable!

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Modern Mom Playbook's avatar

The Code Mom. Can code a complex algorithm while simultaneously changing a diaper, answering work emails, and negotiating a playdate. She is wearing a power suit that's somehow both stylish and incredibly functional. Think: a sleek, form-fitting jumpsuit with glowing fiber optic threads that double as a makeshift baby carrier. LOL!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Oh my gosh, I stand in awe! I remember negotiating the playdates to be the hardest part of having little kids. I was only wrangling creatives at work--to be wrangling complex algorithms would have surely made my head explode! Do the glowing fiber optic threads that double as a baby carrier also charge your phone or laptop? Because I would think that would be a nifty feature as well!

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Modern Mom Playbook's avatar

hahah! yes, absolutely they double as a charger too :D

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Gail Forrest's avatar

I am already Vapor Woman happily invisible in a universe where even old slumped over men with low hanging balls want to have sex. Thankfully they can't see me!

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Hahaha... I am RIGHT THERE with you! No one has seen me FOR YEARS!

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Kimberly Warner's avatar

Indie Press Girl is legit my hero (clasping hands in front of chest while stars fly from my eyes.)

My superhero is Inside-out Tasmanian Devil aka the calm in the eye of the storm.:)

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Oh, I LOVE that for you! And you were totally that person for me when I had my seizure in my living room in SF--the calm in the eye of a very big electrical storm :)

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Kimberly Warner's avatar

I will swoop in whenever you need. ;) Just maybe a bit less bloody please?

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Yes, no more cosplaying Marie Antoinette, Scout's Honor! 🫑 :)

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